Albert Morse Farwell

Funeral services for Albert Morse Farwell, 89, who died Saturday,
April 12 at Powell Valley Care Center, will be Friday, April 18 at
10 a.m. at the First Southern Baptist Church.
Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery under the direction of Thompson
Funeral Home.
He was born July 20, 1918, in Eagle Rock, Mo., the fifth of six
children born to William and Effie Tucker Farwell.
Growing up in a Baptist home, Albert accepted Christ as his savior at
an early age. He was then baptized in the Bethany Baptist Church of
American Falls, Idaho, by the Rev. Alfred Engle. He came to Wyoming
with his parents in 1935 and graduated from the Byron High School in
1936.
He served with the Army Air Corps in World War II. Upon returning
home, he married Georgia Mae Van Horne. To this union two sons were
born, Mark and John.
Ab and Georgia Mae homesteaded on Heart Mountain. Ab was a charter
member of the Heart Mountain Irrigation District and served in that
capacity for 15 years. Upon retiring in 1981, the Farwells continued
to reside on the homestead. Mrs. Farwell died Dec. 8, 1988.
He was also preceded in death by his parents, William and Effie
Farwell, and his four older siblings, Lloyd, Ralph, O.F. (Pete), and
his sister Ewa.
Survivors include his sons Mark and John Farwell, both of Powell; his
younger sister, Edna Galvin of Lakewood, Colo.; five grandchildren,
Jennifer Lynn Songer of Clarion, Pa., Krisitin Diane Farwell of
Austin, Texas, Meagan Toth of Casper and Tom Farwell and Tiana
Farwell, both of Powell; and two great-granddaughters, Kayla Ruddy
and Tiffany Ruddy, both of Clarion, Pa.